[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47331-47332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20334]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2018-ICCD-0098]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 
2019 Main Study

AGENCY: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Department of 
Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
proposing a revision of an existing information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 19, 2018.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2018-ICCD-
0098. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

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www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal 
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period 
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments 
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the 
Director of the Information Collection Clearance Division, U.S. 
Department of Education, 550 12th Street SW, PCP, Room 9089, 
Washington, DC 20202-0023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Kashka Kubzdela, 202-245-7377 or 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the 
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, 
including through the use of information technology. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: Trends in International Mathematics and 
Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 Main Study.
    OMB Control Number: 1850-0695.
    Type of Review: A revision of an existing information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 91,765.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 43,181.
    Abstract: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 
(TIMSS) is an international assessment of fourth and eighth grade 
students' achievement in mathematics and science. Since its inception 
in 1995, TIMSS has continued to assess students every 4 years, with the 
next TIMSS assessment, TIMSS 2019, being the seventh iteration of the 
study. TIMSS provides a comparison of U.S. student performance with 
those of their international peers in mathematics and science at grades 
4 and 8. TIMSS is coordinated by the International Association for the 
Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), an international 
collective of research organizations and government agencies that 
creates the assessment framework, assessments, and background 
questionnaires and provides procedures and technical standards which 
all countries must follow. In the U.S., the National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES) conducts TIMSS. In preparation for the 
TIMSS 2019 main study, NCES conducted a field test in 2018 to evaluate 
new assessment items and background questions, to ensure practices that 
promote low exclusion rates, and to ensure that classroom and student 
sampling procedures proposed for the main study are successful. The 
request for the TIMSS 2019 Main Study recruitment & Field Test was 
approved in July 2017 with the latest change request approved in July 
2018 (OMB# 1850-0695 v.10-13). The U.S. TIMSS 2019 main study 
recruitment began in May 2018, and data collection is scheduled to take 
place from April through May 2019. This request is to conduct the TIMSS 
2019 Main Study. TIMSS 2019 results will be posted on NCES website.

    Dated: September 14, 2018.
Stephanie Valentine,
Acting Director, Information Collection Clearance Division, Office of 
the Chief Privacy Officer, Office of Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-20334 Filed 9-18-18; 8:45 am]
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